I made a couple of felt pieces to use as lampshade covers not so long ago, one of them wasn’t nice at all, it looked okay, but it was made with Shetland, and what I think is Corriedale (from a bag of Botany Lap Waste) and now I understand why people shiver at wool! I used that one for the shade, but couldn’t get a decent photo. The other piece I made is going to be a removable ‘skirt’ when I think of how to attach it. It’s a bit crinkled because it ended up under a pile of things!

A while ago we made pouches using resists at the well being centre. I think I might rewet this and reshape it as a bottle cover:

We’re going to start learning some techniques for making felt landscape pictures at the Well Being Centre. After we were talking about it I showed the group the picture Tracey blogged about not so long ago:

I made it clear that landscapes aren’t something I’m particularly good at or experienced with, Mine are usually simple like that above or very abstract like this:

But, I know fibres and effects and techniques, so we’re going to start with those and build up the skills to make more adventurous pieces. We’re going to start with making simple things like wool strands and twists:

Wool kebabs … I recently read something that when small rolags (usually of cotton) are made, they’re called ‘punis’. But I think these are even smaller, and I’ve been calling them ‘kebabs’ – because they’re rolled around a kebab stick-for so long it’s just stuck now!

And add things like leaves and flowers, nepps, fibres etc. And hopefully, we’ll all be landscape experts before long! Luckily, we have a group member who is amazing at hand-stitching and embroidery and our very own Free Motion Embroidery expert so we can embellish on the sewing machines too 🙂

Thanks, Linda 🙂
Yeah I agree with hippopip, cotton nepps and viscose nepps felt in a lot easier. Wisps help over wool nepps or combing them to rough them up/loosen the fibres. Wool burrs are softer than wool nepps and felt in easier.

Thanks, Ann 🙂
I can’t get ‘mild’ velcro here, it’s always the kind that is likely to rip off your project before separating from its other half! The felt is quite cobwebby too. It might just stick to itself anyway, like fuzzy-felt, I’ll have to try.

I love the colours on the pouch – remade into a bottle cover would be good and would keep a bottle either cold or hot longer than if it were uncovered.
I like your abstract landscapes – you do lovely colour combos on them.

I love the abstract landscapes Zed! I like that they can be interpreted many ways instead of being photo realistic. It’s great that you have experts to help out in the embroidery area. Can’t wait to see the results of the landscapes from the group.